The Guardian

The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. It is a serious broadsheet newspaper with relatively left wing politics. Until 1959 it was called The Manchester Guardian, and the paper is still sometimes referred to by this name, especially in North America. The Guardian has a daily circulation of around 400,000 (2002), compared to 620,000 for The Times, 920,000 for the Daily Telegraph and 230,000 for The Independent.

The paper is part of the Guardian Media Group of newspapers, radio stations, and new media including The Observer Sunday newspaper, the Manchester Evening News, and the Guardian Unlimited, one of the most popular online news resources on the Internet. All the aforementioned are owned by The Scott Trust, a charitable foundation.

The Guardian and its parent groups are a participant in Project Syndicate, established by George Soros, and have recently intervened to save the Mail & Guardian in South Africa.


 * David Leigh, the investigations editor

Criticism

 * Media Lens
 * Murray McDonald, "The imperialist, warmongering, hate-filled Guardian newspaper, Forth, April 8, 2010.

Related Sourcewatch

 * Jonathan Hunt
 * Martin Woollacott
 * Jonathan Steele - Senior Foreign Correspondent
 * Natalie Bennett - editor of Guardian Weekly